Hat and coat hook.



PATENTED FEB. 14, 1905.

0. FAUST. HAT AND GOAT HOOK.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 20,.1904.

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PATENT OFFICE.

CASPER FAUST, OF RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN. Q

HAT AND COAT HOOK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 782,7 38, dated February 14, 1905.

Application filed June 20, 1904. Serial No. 213,358.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CASPER FAUST, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rhinelander, in the county of Oneida and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat and Coat Hooks; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvementsin clothes-hooks and in the means for securing them upon a Wall and the like.

The object of my invention is to improve and simplify the construction of devices of this character, and thereby render them more eflicient and durable in use and less expensive to manufacture.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a rail or slat with one of my improved hooks secured thereon. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the rail and showing the clothes-hook in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a rear view of a portion of the rail or slat. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of one of the rail-supporting hooks or plates. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one of the clothes-hooks.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 1 denotes a wall or other support, 2 arail or slat detachably secured thereto, and 3 my improved clothes-hook. The rail 2 may be of any suitable form; but, as shown, it is substantially rectangular in cross-section, its upper outer corner being rounded and its bottom being slightly beveled, as shown. In the upper portion of its rear face is an inclined or upwardly-extending longitudinal groove 4, which is continuous from end to end of the rail. Into this groove 1 projects the lower ends or arms of V-shaped supporting hooks or plates 5, the upper portions of which are apertured, as at 6, to receive a screw 7, which secures them upon the wall 1. These railsupporting hooks or plates 5 may be arranged at suitable intervals along the wall so that their lower outwardly-projecting hook portions aline. It will be seen that the rail 2 may be readily attached to or detached from the wall by engaging and disengaging the groove 4 and the hooks or plates 5.

The clothes-hook 3 comprises a base 8, from the outer face of which projects an upwardlyextending arm 9 and two lower retreating hooks 10 and 11. The upper portion 12 of said base 8 is curved upwardly and rearwardl y to conform to the shape of the top of the rail and has its extreme end 13 bent downwardly to engage the rear face of said rail. The lower portion 14 of the base of the hook is bent inwardly or rearwardly at right angles and is adapted to spring upon the beveled bottom of the rail 2. In order to secure -them more firmly upon the rail, the said lower end 14 is formed with an opening 15 to receive a screw or other similar fastening means 16, as clearly shown in Fig. 2.

It will be seen that the rail-supporting hooks or plates may be readily screwed to the wall without in any way defacing the same and that the rail will be securely held thereon without other fastening means, although, if desired, one or more screws may be passed through the rail and into the wall after the rail has been placed in position. It will be further noted that the clothes-hooks 3 may be readily adjustable along the rail and when secured by the screw 16 will be held firmly in place.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The herein-described clothes-hook and support therefor, consisting of a supporting-rail having an upwardly and inwardly inclined ,qroove upon its rear face, said groove extendl of the rail, and an inwardly-extending baseing the full length of the rail, a suspending- I flange resting under therail and secured thereplate having a hook to engage the groove in to, essentially as described. I said rail, and said plate being secured to the In testimony whereof I have hereunto set Wall or other support, a garment-hook having my hand in presence of two subscribing Wit- 5 a base-plate Which conforms to the outer surnesses. face of said rail, said base-plate having a CASPER FAUST. downWardly-extending upper end of the same \V1tnesses:

CHAS. B. PETERSON, JOHN BARNES.

thickness as the suspending-plate and adapted IO to fit between the wall and the upper portion 

